Thursday, March 08, 2007

Thursday 03/08 Quickie:Big Boys Take Over Champ Week

Championship Week gets nasty: OK, NOW we're ready to hit it today, as I shake out the cobwebs from last night's sports-blogger reading event...

Big East: G'town vs. Nova, ND vs. Cuse. (Of course, with wins yesterday, Nova and Cuse are as good as locks. Damn: Nova's Scottie Reynolds is good.) Plus: Did West Virginia go from "Bubble Iffy" to "Bubble In" with their win over NIT-quality Providence?

(By the way: Was there any bigger tempest-in-a-teacup than the new Nike spandex-style uniforms, which Syracuse showcased? In reality, the jerseys weren't nearly as tight-fitting as the released design photos seemed to indicate. Are they ugly? I actually like them. I finally get it: It's the "UnderArmour/Nike Dri-Fit" Effect on top – for performance -- with extra-baggy shorts on the bottom -- for fashion. It actually makes sense, and the players seem to like it. That should be enough for fans. 'Cuse fans are forgiven if they suspend judgment until they see how far the team gets in them.)

Meanwhile, the New York Times' March Madness blog, The Bracket, kicked it into overdrive yesterday for the start of the Big East Tournament. I counted 13 posts throughout yesterday alone. Pete Thamel and Co. are bringing it. Must-read for Big East coverage.

Big 12: Quarters on Friday will be a little bit more crazy, but Texas Tech and Oklahoma State don't just need to win today, but a COUPLE of wins this week.

SEC: Tourney locks Kentucky and Tennessee are playing for NCAA seedings. Bama and Arkansas are both in the NIT right now, needing more than a win tomorrow to get at-large traction. And could LSU play the ultimate spoiler?

Mid-major Mania: WeberState is IN. So is Central Connecticut. Woo! Pencil both in for first-round losses. I don't care who they're playing. (Eh: Famous last words...)

My favorite Tournament-related Web site of the day: NIT-ology, a Bracketology for the NIT. Before you mock it, consider what you would have said about Joe Lunardi 10 years ago -- or Mel Kiper 20 years ago. (H/T: Deadspin via Georgia Sports Blog)

(OK, there's a new contender: This group has put together a bracket to determine the best music album of the 90s. If you're a music fan, it's worth your time. There is nothing like the annual batch of March mash-ups between Tournament-style brackets and everything else people like caring about.)

Is Kevin Durant sticking around for his sophomore season? Hey, I'd love to see what he and his UT frosh classmates can do with another year of experience (um, national title?), but I agree with MJD over at Fanhouse: Wait until after the season ends for his decision-making process to change. (But hell, this year, he's No. 2 in the draft, short of Oden returning to school, too; if he stays until next year, he's the overwhelming No. 1. What happens if this kid is National Player of the Year as a freshman – as he should be – and comes back as a soph?!) See my post below on the NBA Draft for a follow-up on this Longhorns situation.

NFL Moves: Jamal Lewis to the Browns. Wait, how does that impact the presumption that Cleveland was hot to draft Adrian Peterson? Does that mean they could actually be thinking – gasp – about Brady Quinn at the No. 3 spot? (Whatchutalkinbout: Are the Ravens looking to replace Lewis with Willis McGahee?)

NFL Draft: The Florida Gators held their Pro Day, and early-entry DB Reggie "Effing" Nelson (no, seriously, that's the complimentary way Gator Nation refers to him, to pay appropriate homage to his eye-popping skills) might have vaulted himself up the draft rankings, running a 40 somewhere in the 4.3-something range. I'm obviously biased, but Nelson is the best defensive player I have ever seen in college football. He is going to make some team look VERY smart.

NBA: Kobe suspended (again). I don't get it. If Kobe's hitting a player in the face was suspension-worthy, why wasn't he hit harder because it was his second infraction in a month? If this was, say, Ron Artest (or even a player with no track record, but without Kobe's star power), they would have been suspended for multiple games.

NBA: Lindsay Hunter suspended 10 games for testing positive for a banned substance. It should make him the butt of countless hilarity that he was busted for taking diet pills. (Was he in it for the Dexatrim high? Or in it to get rid of those unwanted pounds?)

MLB Spring: Pedro is on the road to rehab, and – speaking of rehab – Sammy Sosa hit his second HR of the spring. Prediction: With an unlikely dinger binge, he'll reclaim his role as a fan favorite. Meanwhile, safari-goer David Wells is a latter day Teddy Roosevelt.

MLB: My new favorite baseball team president is Matt Silverman of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who won the auction by that Armchair GM blogger (to benefit Pediatric AIDS Research) to blog about the auction winner's team all season long. And Silverman won. And not just $535 to win the auction, but he put in another $1,000 to add to the charity. What a stand-up guy. Manny Stiles owes that guy the best freaking blog ever.

Move over Gilbert Arenas: Curt Schilling realizes that there's a lot of amazing pub to be claimed by starting a blog -- and, more importantly, speaking frankly through it. I've taken my shots at Schilling over the years as a media-whoring know-it-all, but I tip my cap to him for his entry into blogging, 38Pitches.com. If he really gets into it, it will be a watershed moment for baseball coverage.

(2) I wonder if it will affect Spencer Hawes, Thaddeus Young and DJ Augustin's decision-making process to know that Ford has them both as lottery locks. (UNC's Brendan Wright was a no-brainer from the day he stepped on campus earlier this fall.) I sure as heck would come out, particularly if I was 5-foot-10, like Augustin, in a year weak on PGs. Young seems like an early-entry no-brainer, given that he would have been a first-rounder if he had been able to come out LAST year.

(3) Am I the only one who watches Josh McRoberts play and thinks "He's the new Brendan Haywood?" I've never seen a player with the reputation of having such imposing physical skills be so utterly unable to take over a game -- particularly for a big man. I appreciate the criticism of Hansbrough that his game won't translate at all to the NBA, but at least that guy has heart and makes plays. McRoberts? Zzz...

(4) The Gators frontcourt all goes in the Lottery. Last year was a bonus: If this group doesn't win the national title this year, it will be an underachievement of superlative magnitude.

(5) Big men rule. Why is this draft so highly anticipated? Partly due to a one-year blip from the new draft age-limit rules and partly due to the number of 2006 Lottery-worthy college players who stuck around for another year, it is the deepest group of forwards and centers I can ever remember.

Finally, HUGE thanks to everyone who came out last night to the Varsity Letters Reading Series event. (The Commenters were well-represented, led by Brian from Oxford, trekking in from Connecticut.) The lineup was even better than anticipated, with a wide range of contributions, styles and angles. The biggest rock stars of the night were definitely the guys from The Dugout, who flew in from the Hinterlands to participate. Thanks to Gelf's Carl Bialik for setting up such a great night. (Ahh: The inevitable Flickr stream...)

Dan, I read the other day that UF has actually already worn the new unis--at Tennessee. I remember thinking they were ugly at the time. The darkish blue and the orange... just didnt look good, but no, they're not nearly as tight as indicated in those concept shots.

(Note: for some reason, the "video highlights" on ESPN's page for that game is the entire broadcast. Which I don't particularly want to ever watch again, but if you hate the Gators...)

Yes, my boy Brian in Oxford got a shoutout. I am curious to hear if the commenters got Shanoff so drunk that he had a "Frank the Tank" moment.

Sosa, regaining popularity? Please...maybe with the Cubs fans (all of them) who claim they "never liked him in the first place".

I am one of the few people that like following the NIT as well as the March Madness tournament, probably because many of the mid-majors I follow will be in it. Retribution versus the "big boys" that go in the NIT with their heads hanging low.

Speaking of which, CMFost- UConn not even in the NIT? That is something. UConn is one of those teams that I have absolutely no affiliation with, yet I find myself rooting for them, even before they started winning national titles.

The elbow from Kobe only warranted a one-game suspension. If he does it a THIRD time, then the penalty could increase. But for the action itself, I think one game was about right. And I'm a Kobe hater.

McRoberts does suck... well against everyone except BC, who he just dunks all over and owns. Still, people were expecting he'd have a dominant year and become an early lottery pick, but that clearly won't happen right now.

Brendan Haywood also played with Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison at UNC, so in all fairness, it'd have been really hard for him to have stood out on that team (how the hell did that team not win a National Championship?)

CMFost: No, I think BC is a lock for the NCAA tourney. They're 10-6 in the best conference in America, and they've got wins over Virginia Tech, Maryland, and Virginia as well as NC wins over Michigan State and Massachusetts (not a great win on par with the others, but still good given how UMass has been playing). No, they didn't get it done versus UNC or Duke (or Georgia Tech) but they're still a pretty good team in a solid conference.

Reggie Nelson as the best defensive college football player you have ever seen!!!???

Either you only started watching college football this season (still probably a ridiculous statement) OR you are out of gator-loving mind!

I'm going with the second.

Usually I let that kind of stuff fly and laugh at all the people who feel the need to call you a homer, but saying Reggie Nelson is the best defensive college player you have ever seen is just ridiculous and absurd...and I think you know it.

Doesn't it seem like tehre are 10,000 teams in this year? I have a feeling a Big East team (WVU or Cuse) or a ACC team (BC or GT) is going to be doing some serious bitching on Sunday night when Drexel gets the nod over them.

I have to agree with Rafael and disagree with Dan about the Wolverines. I don't think they are in without a win over Minnesota and even then I think there's no guarantees for the Blue. But I agree with Dan and disagree with Rafael about Sammy Sosa. Chicks and everyone else digs the long ball and Sosa's never been as tainted as Bonds, who wasn't well liked before steroids became the reason why.

BC is a lock, but their seeding has really gotten iffy. Right now I have them at about a 9 seed.

If they were playing today, they'd be a little less certain, but seeing as how they got a bye on the first day of the ACC tourney as a 4 seed, I can't imagine the committee would slight them. They also beat FSU twice, and the Providence and Vermont losses don't look nearly as bad as they could've.

Tf: Yeah...this year it seems like there are like 70 teams playing for the 34 at-larges. The bubble is loaded. What I find funny is that a lot of people are saying "so and so is in" and "so and so is in" and eventually they've got like 70 teams in. Case in point: Shanoff saying Michigan is in.

Another fact about BC: Their RPI is 30. I *believe* that conference tournaments affect RPI. It's going to go up even if they only are one-and-done. The highest RPI ever to get snubbed was Missouri State last year (with 27...so a snub wouldn't be unprecedented, but it WOULD be unlikely).

Nothing on LeBron and the Cavs gritting out a tough win in Detroit (in which the Pistons took a D-Wade like 29 free throws in the 1st half!!)? The King looks like he's putting on his Superman cape for the stretch run.

At least one team from Connecticut is going to the big dance. And wow, it was almost Sacred Heart (located a half mile from my ex-dive condo in Bridgeport). CCSU had better teams about 5 years ago, but got stuck as low seeds in bad matchups (Iowa State at the Homerdome in nearby Minny, then Pittsburgh IN Pitt...the faux non-home court...)

It would take away from the selection process if the committee released "teams we've already got in" day by day....and then it would freak out the teams that apparently had work left to do, though.

Ok, Let me put it this way if BC lost it's first game I would not be surprised if they where in the NIT and not the NCAA's considering they would not have 20 wins and the other ACC Team that are consider in have 20 plus wins

Agree with you that Reggie Nelson is a good player. Not the best I've ever seen (not even close), but pretty damned good.

Plus, he's got the versatility on special teams, and some impressive instincts for the game. Of course, the same could be said about Pac-Man Jones...

I've been saying for awhile now that I'd like to see the Pats move up in he draft a few spots with a package of picks (they've got 2 first rounders but no second round pick) to a team like Houston that has a lot of needs to fill-in and grab Nelson somewhere in the middle of the first round.

Nelson would probably need to be "coached up" a little to fit in, but with the coaches in New England, and veterans like Rodney Harrison and Eugene Wilson showing him the ropes, I think he'd become an impact player pretty fast.

Also... please don't give me a heart attack and even mention that Durant may be contemplating staying in school. I'm a Celtics' fan - I need something to look forward to. And Joakim Noah just ain't gonna cut it.

And it's finally happened - my office has officially blocked both YouTube and Flickr. The day they ban this site or DeadSpin, I'll resign.

About TWWL's draft simulator, I've had Durant go number one before... there are certain teams who /think/ they need a scorer/playmaker like Durant more than they need a big man like Oden.

In fact, I just hit it like, 6 times, and I got the following:1)Bucks - Durant2)Grizz - Oden3)Hawks - Noah4)Celtics - Hawes

Aside from the fact that that would be a disaster of epic proportions for Boston, you've got Durant going ahead of Oden (I guess because they already have Bogut?) Not sure I agree with anyone taking Durant over Oden though -- scorers/playmakers are a dime-a-dozen in the draft, but dominant defensive big men like Oden are once-in-a-generation type talents.

Fost, good point, but despite only having 19 wins, they DO have a ridiculous SOS (11). Right this second, I don't see how they could be left out even with their stumble across the finish line. I think the 19 wins shows how solid the ACC is this year. If they lose to Maryland tomorrow, I admit there is a possibility they'd be NIT bound, but I still think they'd be one of the last 3 or 4 teams in.

Tyler if Boston does not get the #1 or #2 pick I can almost guarantee they will trade it to get some vetern help. With the growth of Jefferson and a solid Paul Pierce, a vetern or 2 could make this team contenders in the east

What's so hard in the Oden v. Durant debate is that it's hard to know if we've really seen all of what Oden can do. We all know what Durant can do (runaway POY), but with Oden's dominant hand injured for most of the year, it's hard to know just how good he really will be.

But for a team needing some instant offense (Memphis), I could definitely understand them at least contemplating Durant, since he'll give more instant gratification. The Celtics need a defensive presence, and Oden would make more sense for them if they get the #1 pick.

That being said, I think there's a significant dropoff between Oden and Durant to Noah. The first two to me are as close to locks as you can get to superstars, but Noah could misfire in the NBA. Not thinking he'll be a bust, but there's clearly not the upside or the skillset in him that there is in the other two.

The danger for BC isn't if they lose to Maryland tomorrow, it'd be if they lose to Miami tomorrow. It'd be awfully hard for the committee to hold a loss against a streaking Maryland against them, though a loss against Miami would look very bad.

But if they got blown out by Maryland (a possibility), we'd have to hold our breaths a little bit. I still think we're in though.

There are conferences on the West Coast (and UCLA is awesome), but when Farmar left, I think part of the West Coast died to Dan.

Also there's a ridiculous non-presence of West Coasters on the blog.

I think everyone also just assumes that UCLA would run away with it, and really Stanford is the only bubble team (not looking good with a 56 RPI). The Wazzou coach deserves some love for Coach of the Year, what's his name?

Probably the lack of left-coasters has to do with the fact that they don't need an AM Quickie to bring them up to date. They could have a PM Quickie at 10:30 pm, since all the games are done by the time THEY go to bed.

For what it's worth, Stanford is the only team to win at Virginia this year. The distinguished list of losers includes Arizona (blew a 12 point lead in final 10), Gonzaga (beat by 25), and Duke.

Sosa will regain popularity if he plays well. He has the type of personality that people are drawn to when he is doing well, and really I think people have a short memory for hatred. Fans would forgive Bonds if it weren't thrown back into their face every other day.

Nelson is the best defensive player to ever play at Florida in 2006. Beyond that, I could, in the spirit of Steve Martin, name 20 something betters.

Finally, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see both Durant and Oden return. Durant has already said that he is glad he went to college and didn't jump right away. Oden has said some very similar things (talking about how much he has learned and about getting the chance to rehabilitate his wrist). Plus, Oden is at OSU with his best friend and HS teammate. Depending on how they do in the tourney this year, they might want a chance to add an NCAA Title to their 3 HS titles. But -- I guess it all depends on how they do this March. If OSU wins it all, Oden has nothing left to play for in college. If Durant wins POY or makes an Elite 8 run, he's gone. An early exit might prompt a return for a do-over.

The Pac-10 tournament isn't very interesting this year. That's not to say it's not interesting, but the intrigue isn't there due to a lack of a real bubble. The top 5 teams are all definitively in and I think everyone agrees that UCLA's a 1 seed. The only real intrigue is whether Stanford is in or out. USC-Stanford is gonna be awesome, but there's no intrigue as to whether UWash can make a run since we all know it's auto bid or bust for them.

The Pac 10's very good at the top this year. That means the conference tourney's a bit of a snooze. Now, the Mountain West tourney...that's a fun one. BYU and UNLV are already in...but what if Air Force goes out early? What if San Diego State makes a run? It should be a blast to follow.

And yeah, if BC loses to Miami, throw their chances of making the tourney out the damn window.

Does anyone else dread that their NBA team might get the 3rd or 4th pick that they'd use on Noah, and you'd be stuck rooting for Noah after Dan has turned you into always rooting against Florida, particularly Noah? I keep getting the willies thinking about that.

No love for the tweener conferences like my Mountain West? We do have two ranked teams, at least (BYU and UNLV), and are going to get three teams in the Dance (better than any other non-BCS conference). And don't dismiss Weber State, either -- they have a history of pulling first-round upsets (UNC in '03).

Theo, I feel like the MWC is criminally underrated every year. They're usually the best high-mid-major in the country year after year (better than the MVC, imo) and almost always get no love. And it's possible (though unlikely) they could get 4 in this year, which they would deserve.

I guess it should say something about my knowledge of the Pac-10, that when I played the Draft Lottery simulater, and saw the Celtics getting Spencer Hawes, I thought, who the hell is that? Although it is scary that he could go 4th, and his NBA comparison is Brad Miller... yeah, it's a long drop after 1 and 2.

Yeah, definitely too much Rachael Ray overkill. My girlfriend and I used to watch 30 minute meals and $40 a day, but now I really can't stand her. Definitely a case of too much exposure.

One more comment about the MWC before I forget...I believe it's underevaluated because it's a small conference. There's only 9 teams. It's an achievement that a 9 team conference is going to get 3 teams into the field. The Big XII and SEC only have 4 (right now) despite having 3 more teams. If the MWC were to expand to 12 teams (Nevada, New Mexico State, Boise State) they'd be in the discussion as a major conference. (Boise State may suck at basketball, but think of what they'd bring to the football conference.)

Think you really have to look at BC as a bubble team at this point. A loss Friday puts them below .500 without Williams in the lineup. Sure, 10 ACC wins, but losing to UNC and Duke at home does not look good on the resume. A BC loss coupled with a Georgia Tech win or two and that could mean NIT for the Eagles.

How about WVU's shooting against my Friars? Absolutely lights out to the point it didn't look like Providence had any sort of clue how to stop them. 1-8 in the Big East tourney under Welsh. Think that spells the end for him (finally)?

Lunardi's got BC as a 7 seed. I really can't see 1 loss going from a 7 seed to an out. The post-Sean Williams thing is something, but they've still beaten V-Tech since then, two against FSU, and against Clemson. Losses against Duke and UNC aren't bad at all, considering their RPI.

Also, if you take out the Sean Williams factor, you have to take out the loss to Duquense which was without Dudley.

Still, even as a loyal BC supporter, I wouldn't put us anywhere past the first round the way we're playing.

I'm at work...is Georgetown REALLY up 21-2? This does not bode well for Nova. I don't think anyone expected them to win against the Hoyas, but a blow out like this could kick them square onto the bubble.

Thanks again Jason. The Mountain West is in that nebulous not-Midwest-but-not-Pacific-Coast part of the country that most national sportswriters studiously pretend doesn't exist. It's unfortunate because it's a very competitive league. The biggest thing about it is that it is nigh impossible to win on the road. Every team's home court is formidable (BYU hasn't lost at home in 31 games, Air Force hadn't lost at home for 31 until BYU beat them, New Mexico's Pit is legendary, Utah's Huntsman Center is never easy, etc). A road win in the MWC over a good team means something. I don't know that I'd go so far as to rank the MWC over the MVC team-for-team, but at the top they're certainly comparable.

And I wouldn't want the MWC getting too much bigger. We tried that already with the ridiculously bloated old WAC. That was so awful that it led to the formation of the MWC in the first place. Nine or ten (adding Boise State) would be fine, but no more.

Thanks for letting me indulge myself. You may now proceed with not caring.

Revscott, you and I both. I'm a huge A10er and effin HATE Xavier (alumnus of G-Dub), but if the A10 stands any chance of recovery back to 4 bids, the X-Men need to be good. I really want them to win this one and lose against their next opponent so UMass gets in with the auto-bid.

Michigan's only up 4 on the Golden Gophers. How, Dan, is this team Tourney worthy? Going into the half, Xavier's pulling away from Dayton and is punching its ticket. And Florida State v. Clemson is back and forth.

This is like semi-live blogging each game. It's a lot of fun. We should keep it up.

'Nova is most likely in, today's game not withstanding. Remember - they're not supposed to beat the #8 team in the country. If they can make it close - say, 10-12 points by the time the clok reads triple-zero, they'll be fine.

Remember - half the selection commitee just looks at records and score differentials, not the entire game film.

Now, if they manage to come back and win this thing (hold for laughter...) they're a mortal lock for the tourney.

BC, however, needs one more win in the ACC tourney to lock up their spot.

I don't think Nova's a lock, Todd and Brian. They're 9-7 and only have Texas to hang their hat on out of conference. They lost to Drexel and Xavier. That said, their computer numbers are staggering. If they lose this big, they're still in but they're gonna get killed in seeding.

Selection Sunday is gonna be a fustercluck of epic proportions. If it's 150 I'm going to take the over. Hell, I'll take the over if it's 200. GITC, Brian in Oxford, and me will probably write half of them. ;)

Michigan is finally pulling away. They're still going to the NIT, but at least they're actually putting forth some effort this half. Alabama-Kentucky is on now, by the way. Espn.com says the Tide are up early, 9-8. Florida State-Clemson is still really close, with FSU up right now.

Big D, in most fantasy football leagues I play in, having 2 really good RB's usually means you win. With the clusterfuck of NFL RB's moving and hitting the market this offseason, I feel more and more NFL teams are going to the 2 back system.

Which makes it difficult for everyone who doesn't get lucky enough to draft LJ, LT, or a few of the other "premier" backs.

Nova's seems like a 9 seed at the moment. So much of that depends on what teams above and below do, though. Lunardi had them as a 9 yesterday, so they probably would have gotten a bounce for the DePaul win and a drop for this loss.

The thing that can hurt the BC's and the Nova's in the world is when a team that is not a bubble team wins there conference and the best team and that league was a lock to get in. Like Umass winning the A-10 giving them 2 ncaa bids from the division instead of 1.

Michigan beat Minnesota by 9. To be taken seriously for an at-large, there should have been a "1" in front of that number. I mean it's friggin' Minnesota. A good high school team could probably beat them by 9 this year.

I think that if it were held in Boston, it'd be a distinct advantage for Boston College. You hold it in North Carolina, you have 4 teams so no distinct home court advantage. With Washington you have 3.

Actually Brian one thing I did hear is the possiblity of having like a BC-Miami or BC-VT or BC-FSU football game at gillette to allow more people to go to the game which would be pretty cool. Since it is almost impossible to get tickets to those games. I guess the new field is making this possible.

In NC you really have 2 distinct fan bases, State and UNC. Most of NC hates Duke because all of the students are from the north. Wake Forest is also a private school but they are not seen as having an obnoxious student body like Duke. Plus they have not had the consistent success like Duke.

Was reading how Clemson lost to FSU and was curious how big a deal it would have been if Duke had won in a similar fashion. Please talk amongst yourselves.

Yeah, and it'd be awesome if they could play some of the bigger games, the Duke and UNC games, at TD Banknorth, but it probably won't happen. Here's what BC Athletic Director Gene DeFillipo had to say about it:BC Director of Athletics Gene DeFilippo: There are certainly plusses and minuses for taking a basketball game from Conte Forum to the TD BankNorth Garden, but at this time, we do not plan to play any of our regular-season games away from Conte. Even though it might benefit us financially, it takes away the home-court advantage from our basketball players and causes an inconvenience for the students. We also sell luxury boxes in Conte Forum and those holding a box would not be excited about us playing downtown. So, for these reasons and more, we plan to stay on campus for our regular-season games... We have been aggressive in trying to bring the [ACC]tournament to Boston at some point in the future. We'll continue to try to garner support to get that done.

This is off-topic, but news worthy all the same. This is from David Wells in regard to his Africa hunting trip in the off-season:

"Ostrich was phenomenal. Warthog was outstanding. A little different taste, but it's really good," the San Diego Padres' left-hander said while recounting his trip. "Hardebeest, wildebeest, gazelle, all that stuff.

"Very, very tasty. It's just the zebra you don't want to eat. We shot them for bait. For lions."

Even a dik-dik, a furry little antelope, ended up on Wells' dinner plate after he "double-lunged it" from 30 yards with his bow.

"That was probably one of the best-eating things I had," he said. "It doesn't sound good. Cute little suckers, too."

Could you imagine how scary it would be to be animal having Lard Ass hunt you for food?

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